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Published 17 Mar 2025, 15:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Statutory Examination Services 2026+

Official notice

Authority: Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£24,300,000≈ £4.9m / year · £29,160,000 inc. VAT · 3 value updates5.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 9 Mar 2026awarded 15 Jul 2026
Award (standstill) to Bureau Veritas
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Oct 2031 · up to 31 Oct 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Carry out routine and statutory examination/inspection and consultancy services across the NDA group (Sellafield, NRS Sites, NRS Dounreay, UKNNL, NWS and NTS)

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Oct 2034, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Engineering insurance services · Technical inspection services · Technical inspection services of engineering structures

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 5 yrsPublished value£24,300,000
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Oct 2036 with extensionsValue: £24,300,000 exc. VAT · £29,160,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Contact period of 5 years with the option to extend up to 10 years in total · 2 optional extensions awarded at the sole discretion of the contracting authority, taking the total potential duration to 10 years. 3 year optional extension and a 2 year optional extension.
66519200 Engineering insurance services71631000 Technical inspection services71631400 Technical inspection services of engineering structures

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 65%Price: 25%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Technical: 55%
  • Contract Management: 10%
  • Price: 25%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Technical
  • Social Value
  • Contract Management
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 2 Oct 2034
First published
17 Mar 2025, 15:45 GMT
Last source update
21 Jul 2026, 11:43 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 9 Jul 2026
Authority reference
C5824
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007241
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Engineering insurance servicesTechnical inspection servicesTechnical inspection services of engineering structures
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ee0a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

17 Mar 2025 → 1 Nov 2026 · 10 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    17 Mar 2025, 15:45 GMT
  2. Market engagement354 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps:

    1. Log in to the supplier portal at: atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗.
    2. Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C28079
  3. Tender notice published270 days ago
    27 Jan 2026, 15:59 GMT
  4. Next notice expected269 days ago
    27 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Submission deadline229 days ago
    9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
  6. Award decision expected by106 days ago
    9 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  7. Assessment summaries sent100 days ago
    16 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published95 days ago
    21 Jul 2026, 11:43 BST
  9. Standstill ends85 days ago
    30 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  10. Today
    24 Oct 2026
  11. Contract startsin 8 days
    1 Nov 2026

Notice history

15 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Mar 2025, 15:45 GMT
    UK2
  2. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 11:43 BST
    UK1
  3. Published value published: £9,500,000
    23 May 2025, 11:43 BST
  4. Status changed to planned
    23 May 2025, 11:43 BST
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Oct 2025, 14:36 BST
    UK2
  6. Published value updated to £16,000,000
    23 Oct 2025, 14:36 BST
    was £9,500,000
  7. Planned procurement notice published
    22 Jan 2026, 15:36 GMT
    UK3
  8. Published value updated to £24,300,000
    22 Jan 2026, 15:36 GMT
    was £16,000,000
  9. Procurement method changed
    22 Jan 2026, 15:36 GMT
  10. Deadline published: 9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
    22 Jan 2026, 15:36 GMT
  11. Tender notice published
    27 Jan 2026, 15:59 GMT
    UK4
  12. Status changed to active
    27 Jan 2026, 15:59 GMT
  13. Contract award notice published
    21 Jul 2026, 11:43 BST
    UK6
  14. Status changed to complete
    21 Jul 2026, 11:43 BST
  15. Contract signature expected
    24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2025-10: 1 release · 23 Oct 2025
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
  • 2025-03: 1 release · 17 Mar 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £23,032,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Named bidders 3published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Bureau Veritas1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2031 · up to 31 Oct 2036Extensions: 3 year option 01.11.2031 - 31.10.2034 2 year option 01.11.2034 - 31.10.2036 · Options: Contract Value Total represents the collaborative groups total (all OpCos) over the 10 year contract duration. 5 year definite period followed by a 3 year optional period and a further 2 year optional period, total potential duration of 10 years£23,032,00015 Jul 2026standstill to 30 Jul 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders00—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXPQ-2228-DGTY Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Risley, Warrington, North West, WA3 6GRContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure